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quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 10:35 PM

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idk which usb u tried but probably it's your port then

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use a BLACK USB 2.0 port . do whatever you have to do to get that.

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and make sure it fits damn snug

mighty latch Jul 7, 2025, 10:36 PM

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Ok I’ll try again with 2.0

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 10:37 PM

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use ventoy, and check the checksum from the second white ventoy boot screen,

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and compare to the sum on mint site for a perfect match

mighty latch Jul 7, 2025, 10:37 PM

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Did that already it’s a valid iso

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 10:37 PM

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on the usb stick itself?

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cuz that's always where teh problem lies

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is shit flash

mighty latch Jul 7, 2025, 10:37 PM

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Fair

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I’ll give that a go then as well

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I verified on windows originally

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 10:38 PM

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see #1295816480256163892 following extreme attention to step 4 b and ALL of step 6 perfectly

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and do the flash on a 2.0 port too

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see #1367031929999986698 message also

mighty latch Jul 7, 2025, 10:45 PM

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I see this in the console before crash

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This was on usb 2.0 and on GPT file system

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ISO was verified

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I’ve tried 4 different USB slots

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 11:33 PM

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bad, bad luck with your usb's then

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if you have a second pc in the house, and a router, and this pc above can connect via ethernet, then u can do a LAN installation

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@mighty latch

mighty latch Jul 7, 2025, 11:34 PM

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Oh I might try that

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 11:34 PM

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or

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do this...

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do have 2 hdd in this pc?

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are u planning on wiping one to put Linux fully installed on it?

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@mighty latch

mighty latch Jul 7, 2025, 11:36 PM

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yes

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i am planning to wipe a drive entirely

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 11:36 PM

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maximize DISK management Window, and show

mighty latch Jul 7, 2025, 11:37 PM

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?

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 11:37 PM

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open Windows DISK MANAGEMENT. maximize it. show.

mighty latch Jul 7, 2025, 11:38 PM

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disk 2

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is the one that ive been trying to install it on

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this screenshot is before reformatting it again after failed install

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 11:39 PM

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show current ss

mighty latch Jul 7, 2025, 11:40 PM

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that is it

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 11:40 PM

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u have the known-verified mint ISO on Disk 3, in C: somewhere, yes?

mighty latch Jul 7, 2025, 11:41 PM

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disk 2

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 11:41 PM

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wtf

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well. get a well-verified ISO onto your C: DRIVE

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preferably in the root of C: FOR SIMPLICITY

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then boot ventoy, hit browse, n go there

mighty latch Jul 7, 2025, 11:42 PM

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i can browse into my C drive in ventoy?

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 11:43 PM

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yes

mighty latch Jul 7, 2025, 11:43 PM

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whaat. Ok ill try

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 11:43 PM

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instead of booting the iso from the SHIT FLASH

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boot it right from C:\

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u can still do the checksum too

mighty latch Jul 7, 2025, 11:43 PM

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ok so where do i install ventoy then?

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 11:44 PM

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no where if it's on ur usb stick already

mighty latch Jul 7, 2025, 11:44 PM

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ok got it

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 11:44 PM

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get ur KNOWN-WORKING ISO on the C:\ root now

mighty latch Jul 7, 2025, 11:44 PM

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ok

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 11:44 PM

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verify it from powershell even

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once it's in the root of C:

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 11:45 PM

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quaint gust see https://discord.com/channels/628978428019736619/1367031929999986698/13671894...

see this, scroll down in it a touch for powershell way

mighty latch Jul 7, 2025, 11:45 PM

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yea i got that part done for an iso already

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 11:46 PM

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ensure there are NO ISO's on DISK 2 at this time. to avoid later confusion

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then boot using the browse thing i said. then once at live desktop, do efibootmgr in terminal

mighty latch Jul 7, 2025, 11:47 PM

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Yup just did that

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 11:47 PM

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also do msinfo32 NOW from windows run box

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oh u left windows?

mighty latch Jul 7, 2025, 11:47 PM

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Well can’t rn I’m booting yea lol

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 11:48 PM

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is it Win 11?

mighty latch Jul 7, 2025, 11:48 PM

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Yea

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 11:48 PM

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ok then it's UEFI for sure

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show efibootmgr results please

quaint gust Jul 7, 2025, 11:51 PM

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mighty latch Well can’t rn I’m booting yea lol

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mighty latch Jul 7, 2025, 11:52 PM

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Give me one minute something unexpected happened when booting (full system shutdown)

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Yea i think i have a deeper issue going on here. I tried both iso files the way you mentioned and both are verified and yes I’m on UEFI

quaint gust Jul 8, 2025, 12:04 AM

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are u in live desktop yes or no?

mighty latch Jul 8, 2025, 12:04 AM

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no

quaint gust Jul 8, 2025, 12:04 AM

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@mighty latch

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wel... do so?

mighty latch Jul 8, 2025, 12:05 AM

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you want me to go back into the mint live boot?

quaint gust Jul 8, 2025, 12:05 AM

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boot live.. at this point, i dont even care how u do it. just get into live desktop of mint

mighty latch Jul 8, 2025, 12:05 AM

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alright

quaint gust Jul 8, 2025, 12:05 AM

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i asked for efibootmgr

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and not to jump ahead

mighty latch Jul 8, 2025, 12:08 AM

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Once in live how do I open efibootmgr

quaint gust Jul 8, 2025, 12:08 AM

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ctrl-alt-t then type it

mighty latch Jul 8, 2025, 12:09 AM

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quaint gust Jul 8, 2025, 12:12 AM

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good

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so u booted the ventoy usb n did what, the one on the flash, or browsed to the c: drive to load the ISO this time?

mighty latch Jul 8, 2025, 12:12 AM

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Browsed this time

quaint gust Jul 8, 2025, 12:12 AM

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ok open gparted app from the start menu

mighty latch Jul 8, 2025, 12:13 AM

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Opened

quaint gust Jul 8, 2025, 12:13 AM

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look in the top right selector

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u have TWO 1 TB (931 GiB) drives

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make sure to choose the one u want to wipe for linux

mighty latch Jul 8, 2025, 12:13 AM

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Done

quaint gust Jul 8, 2025, 12:14 AM

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show pic of the whole window

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and dont cut anything out of frame

mighty latch Jul 8, 2025, 12:14 AM

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It’s still formatted from the last try

quaint gust Jul 8, 2025, 12:16 AM

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ur extremely sure that's the one?

mighty latch Jul 8, 2025, 12:16 AM

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Yea

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Very sure

quaint gust Jul 8, 2025, 12:16 AM

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ok now to prepare it

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right click the red swap partition .. do 'unmount' or swap off

mighty latch Jul 8, 2025, 12:17 AM

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Ok done

quaint gust Jul 8, 2025, 12:17 AM

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then after it is put out of use, go to the Device menu item. choose 'create new partition table'

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and make it as GPT.

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after that is done. run the installer, do the something else option.

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or even the "install alongside windows" option would be just fine.

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it will summarize it will create 2 partitions, an ESP and a main root ext4 one onto the dev that ur seeing right now in gparted. note its dev name

mighty latch Jul 8, 2025, 12:21 AM

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Ok will do. The installer is crashing whenever I try the boot from C option. I’m gonna try feom USB one more time with the new changes we just applied

quaint gust Jul 8, 2025, 12:21 AM

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k

mighty latch Jul 8, 2025, 12:21 AM

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I’ll lyk when done

mighty latch Jul 8, 2025, 12:40 AM

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Same error

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I’ve been trying for a few hours loads of different things idk what the problem is

quaint gust Jul 8, 2025, 12:41 AM

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u chose the 'install alongside Windows' option?

mighty latch Jul 8, 2025, 12:43 AM

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No i chose the “something else” option

quaint gust Jul 8, 2025, 12:43 AM

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open DISKS app and choose the hdd u want linux on, that we earlier wiped. take a photo of its model and serial number

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once that is done, powerdown

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unplug all other drives inside the pc except the one u just noted

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then boot live, and do 'erase disk and install'

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i've seen many times too many disks always screw things

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